Trad Gang

If you are not going to buy something in the classifieds don't tell the person you would take them and not answer there pm's or e-mails after you already have been talking. If something came up and you can't buy it give that person a pm, It's common courtesy. I have been on here since the beginning and this is the first for me. Maybe Trad Gang is getting to big.

I'm finished venting
Craig

and wipe the ketchup off the top of the lid before you close it.

Replace the GD paper towels and fill the ice tray!!

Pickup your socks and put the toilet seat down... oops sorry, I was channeling my ex-wife.

Lick the peanut butter off the knife before you put it in the jelly.

It's Washington, not Warshington.

Replace the empty toilet tissue before you leave somebody in a jam...and answer your pms from tradgang   :knothead:

Don't waste a salesman's time looking at cars when you are not ready to buy for another year.  That is what Sunday is for.

QuoteOriginally posted by Northwest_Bowhunter:
Pickup your socks and put the toilet seat down... oops sorry, I was channeling my ex-wife.

I used to tell my wife "there's 4 males in this house and 1 female, you should leave the seat up when your done".   :saywhat:  Didn't work....

Quite leaving your bait in the house fridge.  Opps another ex wife moment.

Rant/

Stop asking the seller to hold something...get that one alot.

My biggest one of ALL is not getting answered when I send someone a PM.Just say you don't want it...or not even classifieds related.Just asking someone something or offerring something to someone for free to try.

How absolutely rude to be ignored...

/Rant

West Virginia is a SEPARATE state, it's statehood was established on June 20th, 1863. It is in NO way shape or form a part of Virginia.

There is no "Virginia Beach".......in West Virginia.

Winterhawk1960

I agree Craig....a little common courtesy goes a long way, and is appreciated by everyone....or it should be.

Same goes for those requesting pictures....if you request pictures, it's fine not to like whatever it is,or not buy it, but at least let the sender know you recieved them, along with a thank you.

Billy

QuoteMy biggest one of ALL is not getting answered when I send someone a PM.Just say you don't want it...or not even classifieds related.

Yep, and especially when you go and take pictures for them just to reply to them and they don't even bother to reply one way or another.  Very rude.

While we're at it, let folks know that you have received something (anything) they sent you - when you get it.

QuoteOriginally posted by ber643:
While we're at it, let folks know that you have received something (anything) they sent you - when you get it.

X2   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

Some people who shoot Hill style bows with a holier than thou attitude about R/D longbows.

i had a pet peev when i was little but it got ran over on the road  :bigsmyl:

Butch, it's only because God loves Howard Hill more.  It's not us, it's Him. (please note my tongue is firmly in my cheek)!

Northwest,
Understand completely. One of these days I'll have a HH Cheetah. Till then, I'll be happy with my Thunder Stick Mag & be happy in the knowledge that I'm shooting a real bow & not a recurve!  Also said with tongue planted firmly in cheek.  :goldtooth:

My pet peev is that no one cares about my pet peev.  H

I agree, communication is so very important and it just peev's me that some do not reply to your PM's or let you know when or if something arrived.

That said I think I have done that exact thing before and have also asked for pics of a bow and never sent a thank you...Sorry to those I have done that too.

my pet peeve-my wife refuses to put the toilet seat back up like I left it

QuoteOriginally posted by Butch Speer:
Northwest,
Understand completely. One of these days I'll have a HH Cheetah. Till then, I'll be happy with my Thunder Stick Mag & be happy in the knowledge that I'm shooting a real bow & not a recurve!  Also said with tongue planted firmly in cheek.   :goldtooth:  

2 things, OMG Cheetah are a beautiful bow... and I have had my eye on a Thunderstick for a few weeks now.  I thought about the MOAB but 62" seems a little short for my 30" draw, but since it is a r/d I really don't know if the same rule applies (probably more of a guideline then a rule anyway).

But when I make a deal and someone says its done, I send my stuff and close my PM. Sometimes I just can't find them again to say Hey, it got here! But yeah, tell me quickly that you like/don't like or will consider my offer. A quick No Thanks is better than nothing.

Take out the trash, she says.. don't shoot indoors, she says.. use a plate, she says.. remember to wipe, she says.. then again, kids need, and seek, corrections ^^
common courtesy is somehow seizing to live up to its own name!

My pet peev is I just learned I haven't been shooting a real bow, just a recurve.
Got get one of those longbows.

Here's mine, I give away tons of stuff. A number of people I send stuff to never acknowledge receiving the item or thank me for sending it.

QuoteOriginally posted by Eric Krewson:
Here's mine, I give away tons of stuff. A number of people I send stuff to never acknowledge receiving the item or thank me for sending it.

Thanks for giving them stuff Eric.I'm sure it will come back to you someday.   :thumbsup:      :thumbsup:      :clapper:

I know the feeling.

I hear you Eric  :archer2:

QuoteOriginally posted by Uncle Buck:
my pet peeve-my wife refuses to put the toilet seat back up like I left it

Me the wife and five boys in this house, took a long time but we finally trained her to leave the seat up when she's done!

I can't imagine anyone forgetting to thank Eric - OMG, his "stuff" is like fresh panned gold - or the last item (always the highest dollar one) on each Atiques Road Show (TV episodes)     :thumbsup:  

That's like not thanking John Strunk, or Gorden Ferlitsch or .... or.... or....  CHER!  

Sorry, I had to slip that last one in - a personal fantasy  :D   (Serious about the rest of the post though.)

my dog keeps chewing up my shorts ... before i get them off  :knothead:

my mom , my girfriend , and my kids say i shoot my bow too much..... what is this world comming to???????  :smileystooges:

Ya One of my Big ones is, sending something out and NEVER getting the "I got it" response... especially over seas!

You guys think you have it bad, today someone threw a zip lock bag FULL of human feces, a diaper, a dead hanging style potted plant an empty Marborro box on my front yard. This is a small town and I think I know who did the deed, the cops came and got it as evidence.  The big question was, would I take my left hand Robertson r/d or my right hand Robertson r/d longbow that I shoot Hill style, (notice the nose in the air), to get revenge.  Of course the answer is neither. What's a PM? I don't think anyone has ever thrown one of those in my yard.

I may be guilty a time or two of not getting someone an answer as quickly as I would like but my excuse is I thought about it so much I actually thought I had done it already. Sorry Wingnut!!!!

I too have had to send this pm or e-mail too many times....

[Checking in with you!
I haven't heard back from you so I don't know what your thinking/planning.

Please let me know something!]

One more...My wife says she's not going to try to learn how to shoot a bow. Dang it!

God bless,Mudd

When you ask for pics, at least get back to the sender and let them know they were received and whether your still interested or not!

to describe a bow as being "quite" doesn't do it. The spelling is "quiet"

Absolutely-
When you receive something, give FEEDBACK.
At least let them know that it has gotten there and what shape it got there in.
Put yourself in the other guys shoes.

And DANGIT!  

Don't stand at the shooting stake and admire your shot with a pair of binoculars! You're gonna see the danged thing in ten seconds when you pull your arrow anyway!


Wait, what were we talking about?

When you see me shoot and I don't have my foot on the stake, don't worry about it.  I am a cripple and I will shoot where my feet need to be so I won't fall down.  i am not keeping score anyway. I have never, even once, wished I had a four foot chunk of rerod to put my toe against when I was shooting at a deer. It should be a circle and you can do anything you want to in that circle.

wheelie boys holding their draw at the range for an eternity while you wait to retrieve arrows.

Wheelie boys are real quick with their mouths about their superior stuff, but I can empty a back quiver in the time it takes them just to get ready to shoot.

I must get frustrated easier in my old age when I can't find something or figure it out!!!..lol

It really ticks me off!!!!!

SO... since I can't find this information for myself would someone please tell me?

Do all the lists of items go on auction at the same time but end at different times and exactly what day does it start.. like when can I start spending some of my wifes' money for Fathers' Day?

Please just spell it all out for me and I'll copy it and print it out.

Thank you!

God bless,Mudd

All bids open June 1 at 8 something, now was that p.m.  or a.m. eastern or western.... has anyone seen my mad cow?

QuoteOriginally posted by adeeden:
Me the wife and five boys in this house, took a long time but we finally trained her to leave the seat up when she's done!

Seriously dude??? I am in awe of you!! You should write a book because they (wives) seem to have a mental block when it comes to that.

QuoteOriginally posted by Eric Krewson:
Here's mine, I give away tons of stuff. A number of people I send stuff to never acknowledge receiving the item or thank me for sending it.

This happens ALOT... Sad.....  

I'm guilty of asking for pics and not sending a reply. Sorry, will make it a point to respond. Thanks for the eye opener.

It's nuclear NOT nucular.

Sporting goods/hardware store clerks who say "what do you want it for Lady?"

I just want to grab those high school boys and yell at them to "pull up your pants!!!"

When I'm shooting my bow and someone comes up to me and says "do you shoot at animals with that?"
I usually respond with "no, I swing it at them"

QuoteOriginally posted by mooseman1967:
When I'm shooting my bow and someone comes up to me and says "do you shoot at animals with that?"
I usually respond with "no, I swing it at them"

:thumbsup:  excellent

mooseman i love it. i get the same stupid questions.that will be my new respomce from now on .

QuoteOriginally posted by Northwest_Bowhunter:
I just wan tot grab those high school boys and yell at them to "pull up your pants!!!"

Makes your fingers itch for a staple gun, don't it?

People that look a gift horse in the mouth.

Another way of saying it....

Folks that gripe, whine and criticize something  they get for free.

Just when in your life did you develope  that  particular pet peeve, Terry ( tongue-in-cheek)   :biglaugh:

When someone in a hero picture has a "I'm the baddest" look.

Some one sees you've been hunting and asks you "did you catch anything?"

Eric I feel you.

I've been guilty of the pics thing and been on the receiving side of it also.

When someone in the classifieds tells me "I've never read the rules"

I think I need to open a pet peeve ranch!

you better not shell get mad about that too

i hate when i cant tell if its a boy or a girl, and its name tag says "chris"  :knothead:

QuoteOriginally posted by knife river:
There's a mindset some folks have that I'll never understand -- you can give them a bag full of gold and they'll bitch about the bag.       :knothead:  

There it is again Bernie!!!!

Ok...I'll throw one out there...

How's about when I'm shooting alone in the back yard and get one after another tight groups back to 35 yards, that I can pull all in one hand... and there ain't a bloody soul anywhere to be found to see it!!!   :banghead:

QuoteOriginally posted by Doc Nock:
Ok...I'll throw one out there...

How's about when I'm shooting alone in the back yard and get one after another tight groups back to 35 yards, that I can pull all in one hand... and there ain't a bloody soul anywhere to be found to see it!!!    :banghead:  

Me too! Except mine would be at a much shorter yardage....lol

God bless,Mudd

It bothers me when people don't check there PM's and emails everyday.  When you are trying to buy something and get no responses for days.  You don't know what to do..should you wait or move on?

.....but then you go out the next night (like last night) and miss the complete target twice in a row.  Then you're glad no one was around.

when on hunting shows they all have to say I SMOKED HIM, & THEN HOOT & HOLLER. Just rubbs me wrong?  Mike

QuoteIt bothers me when people don't check there PM's and emails everyday. When you are trying to buy something and get no responses for days. You don't know what to do..should you wait or move on?  

I move on. I'm Generation Y. I can't be kept lingering on the line.   ;)   If you post it...check it daily.

Another about "hero" pictures: when the hunter is so far behind the  black bear that it's paws are as wide as the hunter's body and the bear's nose is almost as big as the hunter's head.

Sounds like it's going to be a long hot summer!

THIS IS IS AWESOME STUFF!LOL BUT FOR ALL YA ALL THAT GIVE STUFF AWAY AND DONT GET THANK YOUS, YOU CAN SEND ME STUFF AND YOULL DEFINITELY GET THANK YOUS HERE, PROBABLY MORE THAN YOU WOULD WANT TO HEAR!!LOL

When I look at something in the classifieds that has been sold and the lister did not edit the title.

I really don't like wasting my time looking at stuff that's already sold.

Oh well, I'll get over it or die mad. LOL

Alright I'm over it.  

  :bigsmyl:

QuoteOriginally posted by elknutz:
It's Washington, not Warshington.

No it is Warshington not Waashington.  Just like it's Oregon not Or-e-gon like the east coast folks say.    :bigsmyl:

There ain't no "s" on the end of Illinois! I know it looks like there is but there ain't!

I don't know if I respond when somebody sends me free stuff or not. Never had anyone test me on it. Might depend on what kind of free stuff it is, so if your thinkin' on testing me, you might want to consider something real good. Otherwise I might not notice and fail the test.

QuoteOriginally posted by chupa:
Lick the peanut butter off the knife before you put it in the jelly.

I thought it was lick the peanut butter off the knife before you put it back in the drawer.

Eric...I thank you every time I use one of your gizmo things...  :)   you could have retired if you had sold them.     :thumbsup:

Bob

Get out of the left lane if your not passing.

AND don't try to force me to if I'm there and already doing the speed limit. I may move over but don't "speed" up behind me acting like I must move over, so you can speed. Find your own place to exceed the speed limit. Sorry about that - but that's always been one of my pet peeves    :D   (even back when I used to speed too, on occasion).

Do you have to text message your boyfriend on the freeway lady?????

Doing anything else, while your driving, except driving! I've seen women putting on make-up, people texting, talking on cell phones, reading books, you name it. Just get's my goat!

Oh yeah, and Yankees trying to say "Ya'll". Just leave it alone, youse guys.

LD

Hilarious! LOL!

Winterhawk1960, there will be a Virginia Bitch in West Virginia, come July.

My pet peeve is that people are always griping.

Oh, and people not reading what they type. I am guilty of a typo here and there, but a six-inch-long paragraph consisting of a single run-on sentence in cap-lock mode does not make me particularly interested in what the writer has to say.

nock  knock
an  and
quiet  quite
wonder  wander
there  their  they're
... and apostrophes used in the plural form, non-possessive.

Killdeer~ peev  peeve   :rolleyes:

Killie, good one!
I will quit reading if I have to decipher the right words for the writer. Doesn't anybody use punctuation marks or know how to spell any more?

to too two
spine  spline

no we ant smell AND WE HATE WHEN BLUEHAIR'S DRIVE IN THE LETF LAIN GUST DOING THE SPEAD LIMIT!!!!!! ROTFLMAO!!!  :biglaugh:

my pet peeve is, why do the open shooters have to take so dang long to shoot 1 arrow and then miss the spot they wanted to hit.

Lonnie         It gives their buddies a chance to sit on the chairs they brought.   J.P.

Lonnie         It gives their buddies a chance to sit on the chairs they brought.   J.P.

Lonnie         It gives their buddies a chance to sit on the chairs they brought.   J.P.

I'll put a +1 on that punctuation issue.
It's a pain in the butt to try to decipher a post where someone either doesn't use any punctuation or goes nuts with it.
Folks, putting a ! after every sentence doesn't do a thing to get me excited, it's just plain annoying.

There. I said it. I've been wanting to get that off my chest for months.

Guy

I'll put a +1 on that punctuation issue.
It's a pain in the butt to try to decipher a post where someone either doesn't use any punctuation or goes nuts with it.
Folks, putting a ! after every sentence doesn't do a thing to get me excited, it's just plain annoying.

There. I said it. I've been wanting to get that off my chest for months.

Guy

Edit: you now what else gets to me? Computers that don't post when they're supposed to and post double when they aren't supposed to.

Sorry Guy. I sometimes do that. Been guilty of a few others from time to time. I'll be shaping up.
Magnus

iJUST HATE IT WHEN i NEED TO OUTBID tERRY ON A SLOW SERVER AND MY TEA WATER BOILS FASTER THAN THE SEVER REGISTERS MY BID

Elitist stickbow shooters.

Elitists, period (see, no exclamation point)

I think my 10 year old daughter uses better grammar and puncuation then some of the guys on these sites:)

All caps.

Any and all "Pass It On" emails go unread and instantly deleted.

Tailgaters who ride my butt and won't back the heck up where they belong.

Slow drivers who stay in the left lane.

Hogs who spit in bottles in public.

Littering.

Noisy generators in a primitive camping area.

Putting a large item in the kitchen trash (like a pizza box) without tearing it up or crushing it.

Gobs of toothpaste left in the sink.

Women who claim 90 degree, humid, sun scorching, days are "comfortable".

Open mouth chewing.

Stupid people who breed and make more stupid people.

Shopping carts left in the parking lot.

Doctors that make you wait beyond your appointed time.

Politicians who lie.

Jeez... I thought I was the only crochety old fart. Now I see there's a whole family of us!

Bowwild, you know what's worse than a cart left in the parking lot? One left in the middle of the neighborhood sidewalk after some lowlife uses it to bring home the groceries because pot smoking hubby won't let her use the car.

Guy

They don't leave them on MY neighborhood sidewalks. They put them by the dumpster or throw them in a culvert.

And put the lid down. Put it away when you're done, for crying out loud.

Do NOT park under my bedroom window and play with your car stereo. That subwoofer triggers the leftover reptilian lump in my brain that makes me lunge into kill mode.

I hate drivers that disobey street signs and then try to make a right turn from the left lane and try to cut you off so that they can get there first, wherever it is that they are going. And if you don't allow them to have their way with you, they start screaming F-bombs at you. I almost engaged in fisticuffs yesterday.

Do not mess with a woman in her fifties. She is riding a barbwire hormonal wave, and she just doesn't give a flying fritter anymore. And even if you win, where's the glory? And then she'll sue you naked for assaulting her, the poor old dear.

Killdeer~ but I'm not bitter!     :biglaugh:  
I can't believe that this thread is still running.   :eek:

Bowwild,
Politicians that lie. C'mon now, thats low.  :laughing:

Bernie,Get out the left lane; I'm in a hurry.

When they call Rap....Music  :confused:

LOL - Tom, you were a policeman long enough to know you aren't supposed to speed (without a red or blue light on) so go around me if you can't stop the habit, til I get a chance/urge to move over - I don't care if you are huge     :scared:        :thumbsup:    

Killie, please take a long, deep breath and put some ice on one or more of your pulse points - things'll look/seem a lot better befor you know it.     ;)   OR get in the left lane, drive the speed limit or just over it, and smile to yourself a lot. That'll even things up some   :D

keith thats because she is getting more education in third grade than most us us learned in highschool if not college. i know i have one of those little sweethearts as well her homework is like :huh????.

QuoteOriginally posted by Killdeer:
Winterhawk1960, there will be a Virginia Bitch in West Virginia, come July

Killdeer~ peev  peeve    :rolleyes:  

Absolutely NOT TRUE !!!

I met you a couple years ago in the main pavilion. It was "melting hot".....you had been shooting out in the heat........and.......someone's kid
kept picking on your dog.

You were very pleasant, and handled it in a much better manner than I would have. I heard you tell the kid several times that "She didn't want to be bothered"

Besides.......we all know that when you work for the U.S.P.S. that sometimes ya'll go "postal"   ;)  

Winterhawk1960

Anyone that serves me creamed peas with a fork.

:laughing:  Great stuff. Oh yes, turn signals, blinkers, call them what you want, just please use them.

It's deflex/reflex, not reflex/deflex.    :readit:   Just look at how the bow is shaped.

JMartin, I saw the bumper sticker you need.  It read: "Forget world peace, visualize using your turn signal."    :D

People who dont appreciate quality or even know it when they see it.

Yes tailgaters , no blinkers, slow in fast lane'double parking, running your buggy in the side of my truck (even though its got many scrars from being in the woods. I paid for it so I have a right). Opening your car door into mine without any care.

People who down Hill type bows cause they think our bows are somehow not efficent hunting weapons. One does not have to like my bow but calling one inefficent is not right. Plenty of game killed with them. Man I feel better.

The speed limit is the speed limit; not the suggested minimum speed.

Tailgaters-- I love them. I drive my Toyota truck over rocks just to watch the tailgaters sparks fly.

Now as far as bowhunting:

I absolutely HATE when a 'bowhunter' describes his 'kill' by saying " I saw him coming; and I drew back my bow and waited for minutes for him to get into range; then I put the sight on him; then I squeezed the trigger- and BANG!! down he went - I SMOKED HIM!!!"  

Also - new bowhunters. I know I was one - but its so long ago I have no empathy.
For instance: kids who grew up snorfeling their snot. They do it without even knowing it. They just suck all nasal drips in with a snort; and don't even realize anymore that it is 1. alerting game 2. disgusting.

Talking loud. There is no better way to separate the bowhunters from the rifle hunters than to talk to one in the field. The bowhunter talks softly- out of habit and because in their heart: and they hope the next second could produce a chance for a shot. That is in comparison with the guy or gal that talks loud enough to be heard two counties away by a deaf deer.

Ignoring advice from those that provide good advice.
 For instance: 'sit on this stump and the deer will see you- sit over under the tree and they will not'- then you find them on the stump - talking loud about the deer they saw running off.

I HATE IT WHEN YOU SHARE A 'SECRET HUNTING SPOT' and the idiot you share it with tells all his friends about it.

DULL BROADHEADS!!!!! YES THAT WAS A SERIES OF '!!!!' IN A ROW AND THIS IS IN BOLD TYPE!!!!
BUT - WHAT IS WORSE FOR BOWHUNTING AND THE BOWHUNTING EXPERIENCE: THAN SOMEONE SHOOTING SOMETHING WITH A DULL BROADHEAD ?????

Frankly as a 32 year married than divorced man; I absolutely look back on the screams of my ex-wife when she sat on the toilet: with the toilet seat up. Sorry. But I still like remembering the sounds.

Mosquitoes. Sorry God; but those things just suck.

ATV's off roads. I hate them. I want a season on them.

 People that do not understand that adventure is a never ending goal; and that killing an animal is part of an adventure - not proof you can accomplish things.

and me too: people that eat with their mouth open!

Folks who can't handle negative feedback on the bow they like.You don't see me getting all defensive when someone dislikes a Silvertip.Be nice to get the same courtesy back.Not everyone likes the bow you like.

If you say you're going to send me something,send it!Don't 'forget' about it,then ignore my PM when I ask about it two weeks later.There may not have been money exchanged but that's pretty low guy.You know who you are...Hope they read this and realize you've lost my respect.  :thumbsup:

ATV's and Jet Ski's if they ever opened a season I would be the first to go over the bag limit.

People who hunt state property and walk through the place talking like they are the MC at a rock concert.

Folks that see you net a fish, by the time you have the hook out of its mouth they are ten yards off your bow.

Peta
HSUS
Parents who let their kids run wild in public and don't get after them when they are being an obvious nuisance to others.
People who let their pets run wild in public and don't get after them when they are being an obvious nuisance to others.
People that think you shoot a recurve or longbow because you couldn't afford a compound.
People that ask me why such a big strong guy is only shooting a 55# bow.
People that send you reminder emails that their birthday is coming up.
Kinetic energy calculators and people who only rely on them to determine what is enough to kill an animal.
Tv show hosts that gut shoot an animal and then hoop and holler and say" WHOOOO, double lung shot, big buck down."  Then they can't understand why it takes them 2 days to find the animal 3 zip codes away.

shooting a 3D and getting stuck behind a group a compound guys with range finders, binos, big umbrellas (to block the wind while each one shoots) and having to wait..  My 9 year old said "Dad why doesn't he just go up there and shot"

i hate when people start talking smack , but get all bent out of shape when they get it back.  :knothead:  

i really hate it when someone puts a bow up for sale or trade that i really want . but i cant afford it that just aint right. lol  :banghead:    :banghead:    :deadhorse:

QuoteOriginally posted by COMPOUNDLESS IN CONCRETE:
Peta
HSUS
Parents who let their kids run wild in public and don't get after them when they are being an obvious nuisance to others.
People who let their pets run wild in public and don't get after them when they are being an obvious nuisance to others.
People that think you shoot a recurve or longbow because you couldn't afford a compound.
People that ask me why such a big strong guy is only shooting a 55# bow.
People that send you reminder emails that their birthday is coming up.
Kinetic energy calculators and people who only rely on them to determine what is enough to kill an animal.
Tv show hosts that gut shoot an animal and then hoop and holler and say" WHOOOO, double lung shot, big buck down."  Then they can't understand why it takes them 2 days to find the animal 3 zip codes away.

You forgot: TV show hosts that pick up their arrow with blood from tip to fletch and talk about "blowing clean through it" when you saw the animal running off with the fletchings bouncing around.

When my buddy, who can't hit the ground with his hat, gets on guys for using "training wheels".

when people think thier definition of traditional archery is the only right one, and they couldnt hit a parked bus fron 15 yrds away in the parketing lot on a comfortable, windless, and overcast day.

What exactly are those folks talking about when they say  "I put the Smackdown on 'em" after shooting a deer?    :confused:  

Regardless........it drives me nuts     :knothead:

99% of the hunting shows on TV. Nothing more than glorified Infomercials for some "must have" hunting gadget.

Folks that won't correct their spelling even when all they have to do is click on it and pick the right word that's spelled out correctly for them.

The little squiggly red line under the word means you've misspelled it. It is easy to use, even I can figure it out.

I know, what a grouchy ole grump.....lol

Thanks for letting me get that of of my chest.

God bless,Mudd

Why do people feel compeld to reply to classified ad's .With if it was just left handed,right handed,a little longer,a little shorter,a few pound's heavier,a few pound's lighter,the grip was differnt,the wood was differnt,.Or my favorite is i just spent my bow money on a diffrent bow.And i'm replying to you'r post to let you know im broke now.I've never sold anything on this sight but i hate reading that crap.Wow i feel much better now.Thanks,Guy's

When calling someone and going to voice mail, or to an answering machine, you have to sit through what seems like a 5 minute explanation on why they can't answer the phone and how to leave a message.

When in your car and waiting in line to merge or make a turn you get the car that comes up the open lane and thinks it is their right to cut in front of you.

Keg  you got me going with that one.  

People drive like idiots, period.  Everybody has to win the race and compete.  


Try something, as an experiment.  Drive down the road in town.  Speed limit +5 or so.  Everybody is going along,  now change lanes and watch that person behind you speed up to fill your vacated spot, instead of just going the speed that they were going, which was beyond the posted limit anyway.

A long time ago I lived in Memphis TN.  There is a beltline around the city.  Coming from the west, there are multiple lanes and they (used to at least) collapse into fewer as you pass the downtown.  Normally  everybody lines up in the lane that will continue and make it go smoothly, but there are ALWAYS those who are better than the rest and they go around on the "empty lane" so they can cut in front of everybody.  The truckers typically moved over in front of them and ran them off the road.

Sorry for the rant.
ChuckC

Eric Krewson,  
I just read thru all of this thread and got to your MUCH earlier post.  You know what. .  you give that stuff away because you are a nice guy and like to help people. There are a bunch like that here in Trad Gang. I am that way and know exactly how you feel.  

It does, though, feel really nice to get a "thank you", or a smile in return.  

I think many folks just don't even think that way and really don't mean to "dis you in any way.  They just aren't wired to do those things.
ChuckC

amen

Wow, you guy must really not like me.
I am human or I thought I was.

Can't we all just try to get a long?

What does all of this have to do with pet pee?

I just remembered another one, and this really irks me everytime it happens.

I hate the way a cashier gives you your change back. They all started doing this a few years ago and it drives me nuts.

You hold out your hand and you get the receipt with the bills quickly stacked on top followed by a handfull of coins all dumped onto the pile. You are left there trying to sort the whole mess out while the cashier immediately starts checking out the next in line. You are all but shoved out of the way. Sometimes I just want to throw the change back at them and make them do it over.

I like this thread. I didn't realize there were so many things that pi$$ed me off.  :)

Good one, Red.  I agree.

Why do people drive below the speed limit?  I just don't get it.  Then when you get to a straight stretch to pass, they speed up.

Or people that stop at a light or stop sign, and leave a gap big enought to put 2 cars in front of them to the next car.

Oh man, don't get me going on no turn signals, talking on cell phones and holding traffic up, speeding up and slowing down,  etc.  Put the cruise on and go.

Here is another.

I shoot a lot of tournaments and bought a camper when I retired which makes the the tournament weekend much more enjoyable. Most of the tournaments are in state parks with really nice campgrounds, the main detractors are undisciplined DOGS.

I have had dogs all my life, all working dogs, bird dogs and retrievers for the most part. When my last lab died of old age I didn't get another. All were trained to behave and several understood English very well. None of my dogs would have thought of attacking another dog or barking at a person walking by.

People bring completely untrained dogs to these tournaments, often tyeing them to a tree and leaving them barking their heads off until the owner returns or they are left outside their camper to bark all night. It is also a rare owner that cleans up after their pet, very few do.

I have confronted these people several times and found they had zero knowledge of how to even begin to train a dog.

Back when I lived to roam the fields with my bird dogs or watch a flock of mallards drop in on my decoys, us dog trainers had a saying," to train a dog you have to be smarter than the dog"

Kinda' scary to to realize I have yet to see a trained dog in a campground, says a lot about the owners intellect.

Julia Norris has a beagle that behaves 100% of the time in the campground and on the tournament course but it is a rare exception.

ch1  
Hey guy.  I like you.  and I don't care what those other fellars say.
ChuckC  :biglaugh:

its "port Orford" not port oxford, and its "spine"  not "spline"

Thanks ChuckC

I like me too.
LOL

Good thread

Walmart. Everything about the Walmart experience including but not limited to:

Parking lots designed my mentally challenged monkeys

People who push a shopping cart around COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS to anyone in their vicinity.

Awkward forced mini employee "pep rallies" that are painful to watch and probably worse to participate in.

Undisciplined, screaming, spoiled brats and those that raise them.

And my personal favorite...50 people waiting to check out and 3 registers open.


Whew...much better now.

Those little deer hanging out with the doe, those are FAWNS, not yearlings.  There is nothing wrong (IMO) with shooting one, but a critter isn't a yearling until it is a full one year old.  Come fall, fawns are about 6 months old; a yearling is about 1.5 years old.  Button bucks are fawns.

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'm enjoying this thread.  It feels good to get some of these things out in the open, and I feel that I know a few of you better than before.

Right on, Fletcher!Oh, and the change back in the hand bit...
I was a cashier many years ago, and was taught to count he change back, starting with the final price and working up to the amount tendered. No question about the accuracy, and the coins are in your hand first. Now they push a button and the machine does the math, and neither you nor the cashier knows if it is right until you get a quiet corner somewhere to count it.

If the bill comes to seven dollars even, and you hand them twelve, it throws them for a loop until the machine does the math and they see that you just wanted to get a fiver back. Make it seven and twelve cents, and add a quarter to the twelve dollars, and be prepared to talk to the manager.

Oh... I DO drive below the speed limit sometimes. The speed limit is the highest speed that you are allowed to go, not a starting point. Get me out in the back roads of West Virginia, and I spot a loggerhead shrike on a wire, or even just an old barn, and I may even stop. I hate tailgaters, I hate feeling pushed or crowded. I will pull over on a shoulder to let you pass. I feel cheated when I cannot look at the beauty of the countryside, because the people around me want to zip through it without seeing.

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Killdeer

Threads about how traditional anyone is. Shoot what you like and works best for you.

Still trying to get my wife to put the toilet seat back up when she's done!!

Killdeer--

I agree about the back country roads.  But what I am talking about, and many others, are interstates.  Keep'em moving.

QuoteOriginally posted by pitbull:
Threads about how traditional anyone is. Shoot what you like and works best for you.

Yes, the biggest pet peeve of all.  Someone who doesn't like the equipment choice that someone else uses that they spent their hard earned money on.  

If you want me to shoot another type of bow or arrow or broadhead, by all means, buy it and send it/them to me and I will give them a try.

I hate it when someone knows there aint enough tp on the roll for the next guy and they leave it. Just change the roll for cryin out loud...I dont think this one has been mentioned yet   :deadhorse:

people who think that the world should behave any certain way according to their own self-honoring ideals...

Don your avatar pic is freakin' me out!

wow, and I thought I had issues.  :scared:

I didn't realize how many issues I had until I found myself nodding at so many of these posts.
Can I be a crotchety old fart at 51 or do I have to wait a few more years?

Guy

US immigration laws that make it easier to be here illegally, than legally.

$5000 worth of 24" Chrome rims on a beat up 1988 Lincoln. Just stupid.

Anyone who litters. Especially at a stoplight from a car window.

Pet Peeves....


 The supermarket checker that asks me what something is. "What is this???" It's a turnip. "Whaddya do with it??" Well, you take it home, call it your progenitor, initiate a culture around it, and apply to be recognized as the Turnipites. Geez, what do you think it's for?! It's from the produce section, fer pete's sake!

 The supermarket checker that asks me what an item costs? "Ummmm....how much is this???" It's a nickle a pound. "For real???" Yes, for real. You're obviously asking me what I want to pay, and I think a nickle a pound for a porterhouse steak is fair. And hang on a sec while I run back and get about 30 of them. I'm being generous here. I actually wanted to pay a penny a pound.

 The clowns that show up at archery shop right after some fantasy movie comes out. You should have seen the local archery shop after the first Lord of the Rings came out. I pitied that poor man running that shop. "We're looking for the bow like in, you know, Lord of the Rings, you know, like Legolas uses." And after much wrangling, the poor guy deduces they want some type of longbow. And gives them a price. "What?!? Why so expensive??! Don't you have anything, you know, wooden and like that and shoots through Orcs and stuff and costs, like, you know, only twenty bucks or so?" Ummm...hey guys, can I please squeeze in here and pay for my purchase while you decide if $299 is too much to pay for killing Orcs? I don't have an Orc tag this year and I'd kind of like to get home and start work on my arrows before our local version of Gandalf shows up here asking about ordering a sword.

The same aforementioned folks who show up at the knife shop looking for "Elfin-made swords". Ummmm....are you sure they let you have sharp objects where you, um, reside?

Certain members of the Society for Creative Anachronism here that seem to have lost the ability to discern reality from fantasy. "You there! How dost thou dare to accost me such, as if I am some unwashed peasant? Dost thou not know I am the Queen's own swordsman? I challenge thee to trial by combat---rapiers at dawn tomorrow!"

Yeah? Shut up and ring up those friggin' turnips there, Sir Talksalot, before I call the manager over here and complain about this lousy customer service. And don't bag my tomatoes under them or you'll be wearing them.

Tsalagi, you're a man after my own heart.
After Lord of the Rings came out I got so many requests for arrows "just like Legolas used" that I was about ready to strangle that damned elf.

Guy

Grey, LOL, I wonder how many calls Little Chopper got for a fletching chopper that "cuts fletching in the Legolas style".

"Um, yeah, can you make me a chopper that cuts feathers into the Legolas fletch?"

"Oooo-key....what we have is Pope&Young, Sheild, Parab---"

"NO! The Legolas fletch! You know, like Lord of the Rings!"

 You know, Grey, we missed our moment. Picture this!:

ELFIN ARCHERY----BOWS AND ARROWS OF MIDDLE EARTH

We here at Elfin Archery specialize in Lord of the Rings longbows, Lord of the Rings arrows, and check out our special Lord of the Rings quivers! All at prices we feel are affordable.

Cha-CHING!!!! We could have CASHED In BIG TIME!!! Oh, wait...someone beat us to it:
http://www.woodbows.com/lor.html

Dang...

QuoteOriginally posted by robtattoo:
[QB] US immigration laws that make it easier to be here illegally, than legally.

YES   :mad:  

Politicians who make "feel good" laws that infringe upon the rights of the law abiding instead of ENFORCING the laws we currently have.   :banghead:

Too much "texting"... If its that important CALL the person... LOL

Some very good points ...expressed by all...

Grey, you qualify as a crotchety old fart; it's more of an attitude than an age thing

Every time I read how we are the only folks out there having fun because of the equipment we choose to hunt with.

I have been guilty of talking down about others who haven't made the choice or the switch to hunting the way I choose for myself.

That's got to change for me!

It is my intention to show as many folks as I can the fun I have but try not to judge them if they don't come away with the same love for it as I have.

I will work at showing respect for all other hunters whether they chose the gun, compound or yes even the crossbow.

It's not up to me to decide how much spirit they have for hunting because some of the same hunting spirit I have has to be there for them or they'd just stay at home.

I want to have a better attitude than just "live and let live" but to do my best to be a good example of what I love and support them in the areas that we do have in common. "The love of the hunt." I hopefully can do that without judging them. Deciding whether they hunting good or bad is a judgment call that's not my business unless they are breaking the law to do it nor is what they hunt with.

My choice and my opinion!!

Thank you all for allowing me to get that out there. I hope that if you catch me off track in any of my posts that you'll call me on it.(With a pm or e-mail would be my preferred method) I would hate to take a public whipping but would if I needed to in order to be held accountable.

God bless,Mudd

A public whippin' for Mudd.....  :laughing:    :laughing:  
You'd have to wear one of your hats for it.  :laughing:    :laughing:    :laughing:    :laughing:

When someone gets the last cup of coffee out of the pot and does not ask if they should make more because they have had four cups already and that will be enough for them.  Especially when they know that you just got your first cup.

People who think they can buy success  in hunting and other areas of life.
Everybody that hordes bows. They should give at least one to someone that cant afford one.

People from the concrete jungle of Brooklyn, NY. don't have no stinkin' accent, it's the rest of the country that talks funny.

Ken

People who tell me what I should do with something I have HOARDED with my own hard-earned sweat.

And stop telling me to donate my hair.
Killdeer

People who stand around clueless in a doorway or in the middle of any other "thoroughfare" blocking the way.

Drivers who think the flow of traffic on a highway needs to yield to THEM when they're entering from an on-ramp.

Littering.  

Grrrrr......

QuoteOriginally posted by Jeff Strubberg:
 

QuoteOriginally posted by Northwest_Bowhunter:
I just wan tot grab those high school boys and yell at them to "pull up your pants!!!"

Makes your fingers itch for a staple gun, don't it? [/b]

A big AMEN on that!

How about when an individual asks for help regarding the use of a certain product and gets replies to their thread regarding other products?
Examples (my two favorites):
Q: I want to use epoxy for mounting tips, what's a good one?
A: The amber colored hot melt is the best thing out there.
Q: I'm using acrylic paints for cresting, what's a good clear topcoat?
A: I always use Testor's model paint for cresting, it's a lot better.
Good answers but they don't have anything to do with the questions! Come on, folks. Are you trying to help or preach?

Guy

courtesy flush would be nice.   :goldtooth:

When EVERYONE always asks  "were did you get it?".  I hunt public land and I don't what anyone to know were I got anything...  My new answer is  "Oh I know a guy..."  Then they seem to be mad..

Joe, just figure out the GPS coordinates that will land them in the middle of the local WalMart and give them those.

Guy

When people that think they are great bowhunters and yacky yack about how good they are: and insist that the best place to shoot a deer with a bow is in the head.    :mad:

QuoteOriginally posted by Mudd:
Folks that won't correct their spelling even when all they have to do is click on it and pick the right word that's spelled out correctly for them.

The little squiggly red line under the word means you've misspelled it. It is easy to use, even I can figure it out.

I know, what a grouchy ole grump.....lol

Thanks for letting me get that of of my chest.

God bless,Mudd

:thumbsup:  

Exactly! My thoughts exactly. Lots and lots of misspelled words do nothing but distract from the story or the point trying to be made.

Another pet peeve of mine is when someone says, "I could care less about this or that.....". Come on, now! If you COULD care less about something, then that means that you do care about it somewhat, when you're actually trying to say that you don't. It's supposed to be, "I COULDN'T care less about this or that.....".

Lastly, just as already mentioned, it really irks me when some of the "more traditional than thou" folks come out and persecute those that choose to shoot or hunt with trad bows that are different from what they shoot   :mad: . Give me a break! If it ain't got wheels, then it's trad!

Whew, I feel better now!   :p

Or when you see a hot chick broke down on the highway and you pull over and she's ugly close up or her boyfriend sits up in the seat.   :banghead:  


or when your in the big name hunting stores and the person who helps you knows nothing about hunting.

or when you sit in your stand and 20 min before the sun starts to set you have poop.that pain in your belly that makes you sweat.

Im done   :goldtooth: